Oil-cup.



C. AALBORG.

011 cur. APPLICAHOK FILED OCT- 21. I915- Patented J uly 4, 1916.

0 Rw MA m 4! m r h C WITNESSES A'FTTORNEY '1) sTA Es PATENT. OFFICE.

cnms rrm AALsd'nG; or WILKINSBURG,

rEnusYLvAmn; ASSIGNOR T0 YE-STING- HoU'ss ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A com onamon or rsmvsvrr VANIA.

My invention relates to oil cups and par ticularly' to closures for the same, and it hasfor its object to provide an'oil cup compris sive parts that may be readily assembled.

In the accompanying]- drawings, Figure l is a view, partially in section and partially in side elevation, of a dynamo-electric machine-in whichthe s'ha'ft bearings are provided with oil cups constructed in accordance. with my invention Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the oil cu s shown in.

Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 IS a sectional view along the line III III of Fi portion of the hearing Fig.1. The oil cup 'comprises'a tube 1 that is. slightl tapered toward .o'pe end and is eX- pande at the other end-t form a cylindrical. portion'2. The cylindrie l portion'2 is-prog 2 and including a vided with a laterally extending tongue-3 which is preferably for h led by providing" parallel longitudinally extending slits in the. i walls of thecylindrical portion QIa-nd their bending out the wallbetween the slits." A: U-shaped brac'ket'member 4 is formed with' its-base 5 slightly concave to'j conform'to the outer surface of the cylindrical "portion ,2

An aperture 6 is provided in the base lief the bracket 4; and the bracket is secured to: the tube 1.by inserting the tongue 3 within V closing said tube and the aperture G-and then upsetting that pop tion of the tongue which projects beyond the base 5, as best shown in Fig. 3. A closure of, r I

' supportfor mamtan n siu(l' 'eap in a tlOSkNt. 11103111011.

cap 7 is formed from a suitable piece of sheet metal and is of substantially channel sh'ape in cross section.

rounded off to form a substantially semi" circular portion 8. The flanges 9 of the cap 7 are adapted to embrace the arms 4 of the bracket 4. The cap 7 is pivotally mounted on the bracket 4 by means of a rivet 10 which extendsthrough the adjacent flanges Land arms 4* of the cap and the bracket. res-pertively, the ends of the rivet 1t) bein; upset in a well known manner. coil sprin ll surrounds the rivet l0 and has its ends in engagement with .tbe base of'the bracket 4 and OIL-CUP.

Specification of LettersPatent.

member shown in;

Onelend of the rap 7-is Pa tented my a, 19m.

' Application filed October 27, 1915. Serial.No..58,168.

the undergsurrace of the "ca p 7, as best shmvn in Fig. 2; x Theend of the spring 11. in en-- gagement with the bracket 4 being: fixed. the other end of the sprint 'ttl-ltlfitfl rotate the cap 7 inga clockwise direction andso maintain it in a closed position with respert (u the tube 1." The oil eup. as a whole. is mountedin an opening: 1'). provided .in the upper wall of a bearing member 1 3. as best shown in Fig. 1. The titl-Klttl portion of the tube 1 is adapted to wedge tightly into the .openmg l'2'so't'hat the opening is ell'eerivelv closed except when the rap 7 raised against the pressure of the spring 11 in -ordr|' tu inspect the bearing or to replenish the oil supply.

d-Vliile I have, shown my. invention in' a ited but issuseeptible of v;-.-n'iousmodi'lieations within the scope .of the ammuled Claims.

I claim as my llIVPXltlOl II: 1. An oil eup eomp gising a "tube. a f secured to said tube, "a cap pivotally mounted on said bracket. and means ((Nlt'tlllg with i of said tube. and

f-jo'orfiearried by an extc v idingsaul m'iotz'il resilient member 'su closilig'l said'tnbe and havingapivotal support earried by an'e'xtensionjof said tube. and a-eoiled spring surrounding. said pivotal support and having its ends engaging the said extension and the said rap. respectively.

6. An oil eup comprising a tube. a tap for closing said tube and having a pivotal suppout carried by an extension of said tube. and a resilient member having its ends en gaging said extension and said cap. respecfor maintaining said cap in a ebisul position. I

simple and preferred form. it'is not sollil'nsaid bracket for holding said cap in a rinsed ng a pivotal supf 5;- A oil.eup romprising a tubel a cap for tongue portiomnnd'a cap pivot-ally mounted "on said. bracket fQL closingflie said tube.

8, An oiilcup cdmprising -a' tiibe, a- U- shaped] bi-z ckgt secu ed thereto, zicap for cio'sing' id tube and' haying a' pii'otal sup- 10 pg'r ijiqa ed, by the arms of said bracket, and.

, niinbei" iz arried hy' said, pivotal support e-tween'the :i'rmsof 'saidibracke't for. maintaining said czip inn closeclp'o sit-ion;

' In tstim'oriy ivhereo'f, I have hereunto sub 15 scribed my name this23rd day of (kt-.1915.

. C RIS IAN- A'ALBORG. 

